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TIL that heavy fertilizer runoff in the Caribbean has led to a massive seaweed bloom that is piling up on beaches, in some areas, as much as 10 feet high.

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xMrg TIL The aircraft carrier USS Enterprise was the longest warship ever built, and weighed over 90,000 tons. Despite this, it was one of the fastest, due to having 8 seperate nuclear reactors putting out a total of 280,000hp. No other carrier has more than two.
5m7r TIL that facial attractiveness tends to be more important to humans than bodily attractiveness in seeking a relationship. The one exception lies in men searching for a fling who value body over facial attractiveness.
N7LVP TIL On average, the sun rotates on its axis once every 27 days. However, its equator spins the fastest and takes about 24 days to rotate, while the poles take more than 30 days
4O1o TIL On the LEGO model of the Back to the Future time machine, the destination date is set to Jan. 28, 1958, the patent date for the 1st LEGO brick.
B70D TIL Sochi, Russia, home to the 2014 Winter Olympics, is considered the country’s largest resort city, with a “subtropical climate” and “warm to hot summers and mild winters”